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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m60-motorway-junctions-8-to-18-and-the-m62-motorway-junctions-18-to-20-variable-speed-limits-regulations-2017/schedule/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m60-motorway-junctions-8-to-18-and-the-m62-motorway-junctions-18-to-20-variable-speed-limits-regulations-2017/schedule/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/793",
  "legislation_title": "The M60 Motorway (Junctions 8 to 18) and the M62 Motorway (Junctions 18 to 20) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m60-motorway-junctions-8-to-18-and-the-m62-motorway-junctions-18-to-20-variable-speed-limits-regulations-2017",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“back of the diverge nose” means the shortest side of the diverge nose;\n“circulatory interchange” means, at junction 18 of the M62, the gyratory known as Simister Island and, at junction 20 of the M62, the gyratory known as Thornham Interchange;\n“diverge nose” means a paved area approximately triangular in shape between a motorway and a linking carriageway or a slip road and which is marked with road markings of a type shown in diagram 1042 in Part 6 of Schedule 9 to the 2016 Regulations and Directions;\n“linking carriageway” means a carriageway (or a specified length of carriageway) linking one motorway to another;\n“northern point” means the western edge of the western bridge carrying the circulatory interchange over the carriageway of the M62 at junction 20;\n“off-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic exiting the M60 or M62 as the case may be;\n“on-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic entering the M60 or M62 as the case may be;\n“slip road” means a road which connects a motorway with another road other than a motorway; and\n“southern point” means the northern edge of the northern bridge carrying the circulatory carriageway of the A6144 over the M60 at junction 8.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/793/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:09:11.113094+00:00"
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  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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